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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Back to the Future's Bob Gale Inspires Our 80s Reading List

By Sophia Kercher

Before Michael J. Fox was crowned teen idol of the 1980s, before leg warmers, teased hair-dos and acid washed jeans were de rigueur for every teenage girl—Bob Gale was just another struggling comedy writer looking for a lucky break. It wasn’t until the soon-to-be creator of the Back to The Future trilogy stumbled upon his dad’s yearbook that he came up with the story of what would eventually catapult him into the top of the Hollywood A-List.

Michael J Fox and Bob Gale (circa 1984)

Gale is speaking at Writing Pad on Sunday Sept. 25th at 7:30 pm where he’ll shed light on breaking into Hollywood, delivering the killer pitch, and writing the perfect screenplay. Bob will be interviewed by producer Tom McNulty ("Date Night"). RSVP for this foray into literary time travel, only 4 spots left! DeLorean is optional.

In honor of the talk Writing Pad has compiled a 1980s inspired reading list to prep you. (Don't worry we won’t tell anyone if you listen to Madonna’s Material Girl while turning the pages.)

80s Reads:

Less Than Zero, Bret Easton Ellis He wrote and published this when he was still in college while the rest of you were playing beer pong.